Chapter 65

steal money

"Who is here!" Chengwei stopped Qin Jun and others.

Jin Xiu took out the token from her pocket and threw it on the city guard.

The city guard picked it up and looked at it. The next moment, his face was pale, he knelt down, turned around and shouted: "Let!"

The horse refusal posts placed in front of the city defenses were removed, Qin Jun and others entered the city gate, and saw the people stopped by the soldiers.

The people brought their families with them, they were old and weak women and children. They looked at Qin Jun in a flustered and curious manner, as if they didn't understand why there were still people coming to Beijing at such a time.

Qin Jun said, "Let them go."

City Guard: "Grand—"

Ji Si raised her hand to stop the city guard from making a sound.

The city guard had no choice but to explain in a low voice: "Return... There is an order from the Minister, so the capital people will flow into various places, spread rumors and cause panic, and deliberately seal the city gate and surrounding official roads."

"I said," Qin Jun said angrily, "let them go!"

The city guards did not dare to disobey their orders, so they had to keep silent, waved to the other city guards, unloaded their guns and dropped their swords.

More than two hundred people rushed out of the city gate, looking back at Qin Jun from time to time, but they didn't recognize her.

Qin Jun seldom shows up in the capital, and when she travels, the people are distinguished by the princess's car and sedan chair. She is now covered in dust and sitting on a horse, which makes everyone speculate about her identity.

Ji Si was driving the horse, and the two horses disappeared into the street. The city guard immediately ordered people to rearrange the horse-rejection posts, and dared not let another person pass.

"Go back to the Li Mansion first."

Ji Si: "Yes."

Jin Xiu rode her horse in front, bringing along her half-dead bodyguards.

Ji Si and Qin Jun rode their horses slowly behind. Horses were not allowed in the city, for fear that vehicles and horses would collide with pedestrians. But right now, the number of people in the bustling capital city has decreased by half.

The market is lonely, everyone has long lost the desire to have fun, and hides at home all day in anxiety.

Qin Jun: "Did you see anything?"

Ji Si hugged Qin Jun from behind, and said in a low voice, "I didn't see any males in that house, that house, or the one in front."

Capital may be in trouble, and the severity of the matter is beyond imagination.

Qin Jun: "They were conscripted to garrison. The middle-aged men went to defend the city, while their families stayed in the city."

Ji Si: "In this way, they will try their best to compete with the barbarians."

"Mother!" At this time, a half-grown girl jumped out of the street, "Horse! Master is back yet?"

The girl looked at Qin Jun and Ji Si curiously, a woman chased them out, hurriedly carried her daughter back, then closed the window and locked the door, shutting the door.

A tear fell on the back of Ji Si's hand.

Ji Si wiped Qin Jun lightly, then clamped the horse's belly, and led Qin Jun quickly through the market.

Qin Jun said harshly: "Who made the bad move."

Ji Si said, "Apart from court officials, who else would it be?"

Qin Jun raised her voice: "My father can't—"

"Hush," Ji Si pressed her index finger to her lips, and carried Qin Jun off the horse, "Here we are."

When Li's residence arrived, Jin Xiu arrived home first, and already went in to inform the servants.

The porter's servant kowtowed to Qin Jun as a salute.

Qin Jun didn't expect that there were still people guarding the Li residence, so she stopped talking immediately, entered the house, and sent someone to question her.

Jin Xiu ushered in: "Already pressed the eyeliner, but the city gate."

Qin Jun took a sip of tea and handed it to Ji Si, "I can't hide it, so let's do it first."

Ji Si asked the servant: "Say, tell me everything you know about Capital."

The servant: "here."

After the defeat of Capital to Li Yuechuan, two generals were lost, and the court was in chaos.The ministry can't afford the money, and the treasury holds down the officials' salaries to support the front line.

In the past two months, Capital was not closed, and all the people who saw it with eyes ran away. Most of them were still unwilling to leave, just because their wealth and background were all in Capital, and they had nowhere to go when they ran away. They hesitated for a moment and wanted to delayLet's go, who knows that the situation is getting serious, and can't run away even if want to run away.

Li Yuechuan suffered a defeat, the three princes reorganized the army, Capital and the surrounding areas, every household conscripted a man, the common people lost their backbone, and became even more panicked, and the city was shrouded in dark clouds.

Prices soared, and the pressure from the court could not suppress the bartering of the people. As a result, shootings and other incidents increased. On the contrary, the gentry who believed in carpe bliss were doing nothing all day long, singing and dancing to their heart's content.

Among them, many were the sons of court officials, who got drunk, talked loudly about prostitution, said that Qin Bian ruled the country without justice, and were arrested and sent to prison the next day.

And the protons of Taixue were not safe. The states sent letters one after another, wanting to take their sons back to their fiefs, but they were all sent back by the court. The protons wanted to send letters out of the city, but Taixue was surrounded by heavy soldiers.

At this moment, heard that Zaifu and Sangong were ill one after another. His Majesty presided over the overall situation and locked all the officials in the Taiji Hall. He couldn't find a way to prevent them from retreating... All kinds of things... It's really chaotic...

The tea in Qin Jun's hand was already cold. After listening for more than two hours, she remained motionless.

The servant spoke dryly, but was waved back by Ji Si, and when he got up, he fell down due to numbness in his legs.

Qin Jun pursed her lips: "You don't have to kneel next time."

The servant nodded, still bowed to Qin Jun before exiting the hall.

"I want to see him." Qin Jun murmured.

Jin Xiu and Ji Si looked at each other, but said nothing.

Ji Si stepped forward slowly, holding Qin Jun's forehead with her slender index finger, "I will accompany you."

Jin Xiu drew back and said, "I'll make arrangements."

In the afternoon, the capital was overcast and cloudy, and it rained heavily from time to time, Qin Jun's sedan chair was blocked outside the palace gate.

An eunuch stood in the rain and replied respectfully to Qin Jun.

"Princess, Your Majesty said that I don't want to see you."

Qin Jun was sitting in the sedan chair, the wind and rain were howling outside the window, the high wall of the palace gate stretched to the top, two guns blocked the way, and the soldiers looked solemn.

The father-in-law's voice was far away, piercing through the rain curtain, and it was very ear-piercing: "Princess, Your Majesty is furious because of the Tianzijian incident. If you have big ideas, you must not see him as His Majesty. If that is the case, get out of here."

The rain suddenly became heavy and dense like a curtain, covering the carriages and horses in a thick gray fog. Eunuch Fu turned around and left. The little eunuch not far away quickly stepped forward to hold an umbrella for him, without even looking at Qin Jun.

Ji Si stood under the horse: "Master?"

Qin Jun's hoarse voice came out of the sedan chair: "Go back."

Jin Xiu raised her whip and turned the horse's head, "Drive!"

From time to time, the carriage disappeared into the haze of mist and rain, and a figure coughed lightly from behind the city wall. Eunuch Fu supported Qin Bian and said worriedly, "Your Majesty."

Qin Bian waved his hand: "Go back, there are still many memorials that have not been approved."

In the wind and rain, Qin Jun lifted up the curtain and looked towards the sky.

The rain was like weaving, densely packed, and the streets of the capital were puddles of water. After the rain stopped, the sky was reflected like ink.

It has been raining for several days in a row in Capital, winter is coming soon in the north, one autumn rain and one cold, fortunately, Li's house still has Qin Jun's old fur coats, but some inner shirts that have been changed and washed can no longer be worn.

Jin Xiu went out to buy cloth and ready-made clothes, and when he came back, he would always report to Qin Jun with Capital's ever-changing prices.

"Does the government not care?"

"Take care, after taking care of the store, it won't be sold.

"Oh."

Qin Jun said oh, and continued to hold her face in a daze, thinking the same thing, can the price increase be enforced, and can the shops be forced to sell it?

"Hey." Qin Jun sighed, and began to think about it.The palace could not be entered, Qin Bian could not see her, the news of her return to the capital was blocked or something, and the nobles could not be seen walking around, and the invitations sent to Qin Kuang's mansion also fell into the sea.

Ji Si sat on the porch to enjoy the rain, and played with stones on the ground.

Jin Xiu was busy going in and out, dissatisfied with seeing Ji Si, so Ji Si got up, took out her sword and went to practice martial arts.

Jin Xiu: "..."

Qin Jun: "Oh."

A few days later, there was finally movement in Li's residence, and Concubine Ji came.

Qin Jun received Concubine Ji in her own room. The concubine was accompanied by four people, and the ostentation was not as great as before. Presumably, it was to reduce the extravagance, so as to avoid being involved in this juncture by the former officials.

Concubine Ji drank tea, greeted Qin Jun coldly, and finally said: "Your fourth brother said..."

Qin Jun nodded, indicating that she knew. Qin Kuang must have leaked the news, and the harem knew that Qin Jun was back. Otherwise, Concubine Ji would not be able to find this mansion to visit her.

I mentioned when ate cold shoulder two days ago.

"I'm a neglected princess now." Qin Jun's eyes were slightly red.

Concubine Ji sighed, and wiped Qin Jun's face with a handkerchief, "Jun'er, you are becoming more self-willed, you dare to steal the Emperor's Sword, and you dare to falsely preach the imperial decree, next time, do you want to steal the jade seal?"

Qin Jun sniffed: "Is Yuxi valuable?"

Concubine Ji choked, shook her head helplessly, and said, "Is it because life in Jiangbei is too hard and there is no money to spend?"

"I didn't know until I left the capital that in Shangjing, food, clothing, housing and transportation are managed by the Department of Clothing and Food. It doesn't cost much, but when I go to Jiang Prefecture, I have to pay for everything myself." Qin Jun nodded and said aggrievedly, "I still owe it.There are several thousand taels of money for food and drink, the empress will give it to me."

Concubine Ji: "..."

"Why doesn't fourth brother come to see me?" Qin Jun asked again, and after putting down the bowl, she leaned against Concubine Ji, "How is third brother?"

Concubine Ji Gui's eyes were also red, Qin Kuang entered the household department and was forced to learn to manage affairs, Qin Lie went into battle to kill the enemy and escaped death, and tears were streaming down his face.

Qin Jun and Concubine Ji hugged each other and cried for a while, Qin Jun was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help asking: "Madam, what is wrong with my uncle..."

Concubine Ji sighed, and said: "General Li, after leading the troops out of the canyon pass, there was a snowstorm, and the entire army was buried..."

At that time, Li Yuechuan led 3,000 strange soldiers to attack the Hu people. Passing through the snow-capped mountains, the army went deep into the enemy's hinterland. He had already sensed that something was wrong.He led the troops to lure the enemy, and designed to bury more than 3,000 Hu people under the snow, but he himself failed to escape the Hu people's encirclement.

Before the start of that battle, Li Yuechuan led the troops to set up life and death certificates, and General Fu was a literati. Seeing that the commander might be captured, he was greedy for life and afraid of death.got in touch.

It wasn't until the army led by the deputy general was beaten to pieces by a remnant of the Hu people that there was nothing to eat, and then someone was sent to contact Capital.

Qin Jun was shocked, and hurriedly pulled up from the chair: "It's captured!"

Concubine Ji burst into tears: "Jun'er, your third brother failed to get back the general's body. He didn't want to tell the number of soldiers in the capital...he was torn apart by barbarians..."

Qin Jun frowned, tears burst out of her eyes, her heart was so sour that she couldn't say a word.

"Why..." Qin Jun choked up.

Concubine Ji lost control, hugged Qin Jun, and cried: "I can't say it. If I say it, no one will go to the front line. General Fu lied to me and was ordered to die by His Majesty. That army was also secretly executed. Jun'er, Jun'er..."

If Li Yuechuan died in battle, Qin Bian would have made a funeral and spread it all over the world, but he was captured, and as long as the deputy general brought someone back to kill him, it is unlikely that Li Yuechuan would be able to return safely.

But the deputy general was greedy for life and afraid of death, and was dazed by the heavy snow. He watched Li Yuechuan being dragged around in the snow with a rope on his head and crying.The world will only affect the hearts of the people, causing the generals in the army to mutiny, and the people of Qin and Zhou Dynasties to be disappointed with the court.

With a soft sound, Ji Si pushed open the door, walked to Concubine Ji, and took Qin Jun, who was crying non-stop, into her arms.

Concubine Ji stared at Ji Si in a daze. After a long while, she sighed helplessly, "Jun'er, listen to your mother, go back to Jiang Prefecture, and go see the prince..."

Ji Si said: "Your Majesty ordered your mother to be a lobbyist?"

Concubine Ji Gui was taken aback for a moment, then realized that she had said too much, and said, "What?"

Qin Jun held back her tears, forced a smile, and pushed Ji Si away: "Go and prepare lunch."

Ji Si: "Here."

Qin Jun kept the noble concubine for lunch in Li's residence, and left her for dinner in the evening, but Ji Guifei was in a hurry to return to the palace, and before leaving, she took off the two jade bracelets on her wrists to Qin Jun.

Concubine Ji: "My palace is gone, and so are you." Concubine Ji scratched Qin Jun's nose, "...the sixth most honorable princess in the past, why is she in such a mess? You have to cheer up."

Qin Jun smiled at the right time, but the smile was bitter.

After the people left, Ji Si ordered them to prepare dinner.

On the dining table, Qin Jun was already used to two dishes and one soup. After eating like this for almost two years, he used seven or eight dishes to entertain Concubine Ji at noon.

Ji Si: "The imperial concubine ate eight dishes today, which is comparable to the three-day meals of the princess."

Qin Jun: "..."

"Jin Xiu said yesterday that a chicken in the market costs half a penny." Ji Si gave Qin Jun a piece of chicken, and said to Qin Jun in a commanding tone, "Eat, you have to swallow the bones."

Qin Jun twitched the corners of her mouth, knowing that Ji Si wanted to coax her, but she couldn't smile, and said, "You eat too."

Ji Si: "Master, eat first."

Ji Si was still the same as before. If she could not sit at the same table with Qin Jun, she would not sit at the same table. If she was at the same table, she would basically put food for Qin Jun and wait for her to eat. After Qin Jun finished eating, she would pick up the rest.

After Concubine Ji left, Qin Jun languished for a few days and hid in the ancestral hall to carve a stele. Li Yuechuan's name was written on the wooden plaque.

"The number of wounded soldiers sent back from the north keeps increasing."

Qin Jun was taken aback: "There is no barracks at the Canyon Pass?"

Ji Si thought for a while and said, "It may be that there are no military doctors, or it may be..."

It is also possible that the Hu people are about to hit the foot of Junshan.

Qin Jun arranged Li Yuechuan's spiritual tablet, lifted her skirt and went out with Jin Xiu.

Outside the city, the wounded were transported back to the city continuously, and troops from the city continued to be sent out of the city.

Capital is crying every day, and the people are in danger. The officers and soldiers stay in the Tai Chi Hall all day and have not returned home for half a month. The situation of Capital cannot improve.

That night, Qin Kuang appeared, brought two small boxes to Qin Jun, and stood at the door without saying a word for a long time.

Qin Jun: "Fourth Brother..."

Qin Kuang stood at the door and looked at Ji Si beside Qin Jun.

In the past, when Ji Si was in the fine jade building and couldn't help herself, she also served Qin Kuang, serving tea and wine for him, because if she didn't obey, she would be tortured by the addiction to Wushi Powder, and the madam of the fine jade buildingThe dispersing power medicine fed also made Ji Si powerless and unable to use it, so she was tortured.

Qin Kuang didn't know the secret, at that time he only thought that Ji Si was nothing more than a bit of a strong character, now looking at her, he realized that he no longer recognized Ji Si.

Qin Kuang said, "Let's leave the city tomorrow and go back to Jiang Prefecture."

After saying that, he turned around and left without looking back.

Qin Jun didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Everyone is chasing me away."

Ji Si scratched Qin Jun's face with her fingers.

Qin Jun asked someone to carry the boxes back to the mansion, and opened the boxes with the keys Qin Kuang gave, one of which was the size of a wooden barrel, and when one was opened, it revealed that it was full of bank notes.

Jin Xiu: "..."

Qin Jun: "..."

Ji Si closed the box with a snap, and looked sideways at Qin Jun.

With a blank expression on her face, Jin Xiu picked up another box, which contained some dry food for the road.

Three people: "..."

"Where did he get so much money?" Qin Jun asked.

Jin Xiu shook her head, "Prodigal son, did you steal it?"

Ji Si reminded the two of them: "A few days ago, the imperial concubine came and said that King Kang will be appointed as the household department."

The Ministry of Households is the department of the imperial court that collects taxes, food and salaries.

Qin Jun: "..."

Ji Si took out the silver bills and counted them, and found that they were all fifty, one hundred, and two hundred silver bills, totaling more than six thousand seven hundred taels.Under the bank note, there are some account books and IOUs of land deeds and land deeds. There are so many accounts, most of which are the details of Qin Kuang's fiefdom.

Qin Kuang is the king of Jun, not the prince. The county in Shiyi is not big, let alone prosperous, and the most he can pay him is seven or eight taels a year. In addition, Qin Jun has always spent a lot of money in Capital, so he is only named King Jun for four or five years.Years, it is difficult to have so much savings.

Jin Xiu frowned and looked at Qin Jun: "Corruption?"

Qin Jun frowned.

Ji Si said, "Not necessarily."

Qin Jun: "Hubu, it's not easy to be greedy. Could it be..." Qin Jun looked at Ji Si.

Ji Si smiled and said, "Six thousand taels can sell at most 400,000 catties of grain, which is not enough to feed 30,000 troops for half a month, so it shouldn't be military pay."

Qin Jun pursed her lips, thought for a while, and said, "At this juncture, I don't expect to be greedy for military pay, probably because I sold my belongings."

Ji Si said: "King Kang entrusted all his wealth to the princess, which means..."

Jin Xiu said solemnly: "Princess, it's time for us to leave Beijing."

Qin Jun shook her head: "Aunt Xiu, wait a little longer."

Jin Xiu remained silent and confronted Qin Jun.

Ji Si also said, "Princess."

Qin Jun's eyes turned red immediately, "I'll be fine."

Jin Xiu put the box away, and Qin Jun looked at the box of money and said with emotion: "It's all belongings outside the body. If the city is broken and barbarians plunder money, women and children, it's not the same... Wait!"

Qin Jun's eyes suddenly lit up, and Ji Si and Jin Xiu turned their heads to look at her.

Qin Jun pressed her brows and said to herself, "Let me think about it, let me think about it."

In the evening, Qin Jun returned to Beijing for half a month, and his meal was not as good as one meal. No matter how hard it was in Yanyun Villa, Xiaotao never shorted Qin Jun's food, not to mention that every meal was served by a cook from the palaceMeticulous cooking, one meal, two dishes and one soup, can not repeat the same food for a month, but the war continues, Capital's transportation is cut off, there are not many novel dishes in the market, and the meat and vegetables are not as delicious every day.

Qin Jun said to herself, "You can't sit still, eh," Qin Jun was fed a mouthful of food by Ji Si, and she chewed and swallowed, "Wait for the barbarians to come in, it will be too late, wait, wait—"—”

Qin Jun: "..."

Qin Jun puffed up her cheeks, looked at Ji Si while chewing, "I have a plan."

Ji Si poured another mouthful of food, "Eat first."

Qin Jun said while eating, her voice was vague: "It's not enough for ordinary people, what should I do if it's swollen?"

Ji Si efficiently fed her, and ate a bowl of rice by herself with the leftovers.

Qin Jun held her chopsticks narrowly and kept picking green onions, peppers, garlic and other vegetables into Ji Si's bowl, teasing Ji Si while talking to herself.

Qin Jun: "Father has always advocated benevolent government since he was diligent in government, and he has raised officials and local gentry to become fat.If you support the north, the soldiers in the south will go to the battlefield hungry... money, money, and life are connected..."

"Cough!" Ji Si coughed suddenly, turned to wipe her mouth with a handkerchief, and finally looked at Qin Jun with disbelief, "What?"

Qin Jun was also taken aback for a moment, and then amused by Ji Si's expression: "Hahahaha."

"Money, money, money..." Ji Si asked.

Qin Jun said, "I read it in the script."

Ji Si narrowed her eyes slightly: "It's a script again."

Qin Jun turned away her face with guilt, and picked vegetables and meat for Ji Si, "Eat quickly."

"But a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. It is impossible for the Ministry of Accounts and the Treasury to have no money at all. If the Ministry of Accounts has no money, what are you doing with your brains?" Qin Jun said more and more complacently.

Jin Xiu came in to remove the food tray.

Qin Jun clapped the table and said, "That's it. Instead of waiting for the city to be destroyed and the money stolen by barbarians, why don't we go and steal the treasury clean, and then bring disaster to the east?"

Jin Xiu guessed that she was hallucinating, otherwise she would look at Qin Jun like a ghost.

Ji Si was speechless: "...what?"

After Qin Jun finished speaking, the two of them were shocked and turned their heads to think about other things.

Today, the placement of wounded soldiers at the city gate gave Qin Jun a blow. She must not indulge in grief, and she must not forget the purpose of coming to Beijing.

"You must know Sun Zhong's plan." Qin Jun pondered for a moment.

Regarding the move of the capital, it is not known whether Sun Zhong has made a memorial.

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